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More small businesses than first anticipated might be forced to pay a tax penalty under a health care reform provision that requires premiums to be less than 9.5% of a worker's household income, according to a study by Mercer. Critics say it can be hard for a business owner to determine workers' household income.

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State health insurance exchanges must tell employers who among their workers qualifies for subsidies on health insurance premiums, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says. Employers can face penalties of $3,000 if their company insurance is deemed unaffordable for such workers. People earning up to 400% of the federal poverty level will be eligible for subsidized premiums starting in 2014, and employer coverage will be considered unaffordable if it tops 9.5% of a family's income.

Unhappy with current pay and benefits and fed up with a lack of training opportunities and additional work, more employees say they're less satisfied with their jobs than a year ago, a Mercer survey says. In the survey, workers age 16 to 24 expressed the most dissatisfaction, but employers need to do employee engagement surveys to determine who is at the highest risk of leaving, says Pete Foley of Mercer.

The movie "9 to 5" could make a great training film for workplaces today, as it shows what still needs improvement -- more equality for women, better appreciation of workers and more respect from leaders, Paul Smith writes. The decades-old film still portrays many of the "general complaints heard all around the country" today, he writes.